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Riverina · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1938

3,820 stories in Riverina's papers · page 7 of 191

"She Was Dying of Thirst" Woman's Epic 500-Mile Journey With Cattle What the Wife of a Missionary Saw on Long Patrol

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 14 January 1938 · page 6

MRS. C. T. F. GOY, wife of the Northern Patrol Padre of the Australian Inland Mission, who has returned to Sydney after accompanying her husband on a 14,000-mile patrol of Central Australia, related some thrilling tales of the adventurous lives of women in…

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Assistance to Farmers

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 14 January 1938 · page 2

Immediate assistance through the Social Services Department to necessitous wheat farmers in the South-western district, pending the…

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Registration of Dairymen

Daily Advertiser · Friday 14 January 1938 · page 4

By law all dairymen are required to register their dairies annually by November 15 for the ensuing year. Failure to comply with the statute…

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South-west Farmers Get More Than Expected From Government

Daily Advertiser · Friday 14 January 1938 · page 2

"The farmers of the south-west came to Sydney to meet the Premier with a definite object in view and, in principle, we have got all we asked for,"…

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Water From Rice Farms (To the Editor)

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 14 January 1938 · page 1

Sir—I respectfully ask permission to reply to remarks made by the Hon. Hugh Main, Minister of Agriculture, and Chairman of the W.C. and I…

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Wagga Experiment Farm. Field Experiments with Winter Cereals, 1937 Important Results Experimentalist’s Report

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 14 January 1938 · page 3

The trials this year at the Wagga Government Experiment Farm included variety trials with wheat, oats, barley, and field peas, fertiliser experiments with wheat and oats on (allow and stubble and barley on fallow, fungicidal trial: with whirl, oats, and barley, and a time of…

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Prompt Aid for farmers in the South-west £25,000 GRANT

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 14 January 1938 · page 2

[?] assistance through that business important to [?] farmers in the south-west [?]district pending the grant…

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Wheat Bounty Sought

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 15 January 1938 · page 9

Delegates, representing settlers in the south-west will on the Premier, Mr. Stevens, in Sydney on Tuesday to urge the necessity for…

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The Wheat Harvest

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 15 January 1938 · page 3

Inverell, Holbrook, and Hopefield are the only elevators in the country still open, and these will be closed shortly…

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COMMERCIAL Wagga Cattle Sales Prices Generally Firmer

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 15 January 1938 · page 12

The associated agents of Wagga (Dalgety and Co. Ltd., S. V. best & Co the Farmers and Grazers' co. op. Co., Younghusband Ltd. and the…

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Wool Position in Japan Tokio

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 15 January 1938 · page 6

To deal with the difficult situation in the woollen industry, the Woollen Manufacturers' Association has appointed Mr. Shinjlro Matsuyama to the…

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Australia's Wheat Exceeds Earlier Estimate Canberra

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 15 January 1938 · page 1

As the result of the improvemant in N.S.W. conditions, the Commonwealth statistician now states the earlier estimate of wheat harvest or…

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Canadian Wheat Exports Big Drop in 1937 OTTAWA

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 15 January 1938 · page 5

The Canadian Bureau of Statistics states that wheat exports for 1937 totalled 96,000,000 bushels, valued at 124,439,000 dollars. Both quantity and…

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More Land for Sheep Stimulating Industry North Australia Considerations Canberra

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 15 January 1938 · page 8

Recommendations in the report of the Payne Committee on North Australia for the development of sheep raising on lands now used for cattle…

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Wool and Textiles Setback in Industdy in [?]An Tokio

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 15 January 1938 · page 1

In an article in the "Osaka Mainichi," the chairman of the Federation of Woollen Textiles Manufacturers' Association (Mr. Kodoma) states that,…

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Scalded and Scorched Crops and Foliage on M.i.a. Heat Wave Experienced

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 15 January 1938 · page 8

The Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area experience da severe heat wave last week, temperatures of 101, 104, and 107.8 degrees having been recorded…

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Needy Farmers Grant Likely in N. S. WALES

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 15 January 1938 · page 12

It is expected that the premier (Mr. Stexens) will authorise immediate assistance to needy wheat farmers in the south-western district,…

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Grape Crops Scalded on Irrigation Area

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 15 January 1938 · page 1

The Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area has experienced a severe heat wave with temperatures of 101, 104. 107.S and 106 degrees…

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Aid For Farmers South-west Farmers to Cost More Than £100000

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 15 January 1938 · page 16

According [?]to Mr. J. Hazelton, an executive officer of the Wheatgrowers Union, the assistance promised to south-western wheat farmers by the…

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Sheep Skins Cheaper

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 17 January 1938 · page 2

Winchcombe, Carson. Ltd. reported on the 15th: A weaker market prevailed for sheep skins at the past week's Sydney auctions. Prices were…

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